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Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs

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Subject	Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs
Date	2013-12-22 14:33 -0800
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On 2013-12-20 18:04:44 +0000, John McWilliams said:

> On 12/20/13   PDT, 4:58 AM, Sandman wrote:
>> In article <bhismaFoc05U1@mid.individual.net>, android <here@there.was> wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> The requirements are:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1. SSD
>>>>>> 2. bus-powered
>>>>>> 3. at least 1TB
>>>>>> 4. Thunderbolt + USB2
>>>>>> 
>>>>> USB3 should do the job as it's backward compatible and many enclosures
>>>>> can live on the power that the USB port supplies. Let the OP decide.
>>>> 
>>>> ...I am the OP..
>>> 
>>> Oki... It's your money...
>> 
>> I've yet to find a product that fits my needs, however.
> 
> Why in the world would you need the external to be solid state? A 
> complete waste of money!

Not the OP, but clearly if you're talking about when using USB, the 
speed of the SSD is
entirely wasted.  However, when using Thunderbolt (requirement #4) it 
would not be.  If it
is going to be used on multiple computers and one of them *does* have 
TB, it's not a waste
at all.

Secondly, just on purely physical durability, the SSD has some 
advantage, too.  But in my
experience, 2.5" HDs nowadays are astonishingly solid, even when moved 
around and such - one
is much more likely to cause a problem with the cable connection when 
moving it around
than to cause a HD crash.  (And when it's not plugged in, the fact that 
it's an HD is pretty
much a total non issue, as the drive heads should be automatically 
parked anyway).

Here's one example which meets all the OP's requirements other than 
capacity.  It's
very much NOT CHEAP:

<http://9to5mac.com/2013/11/26/mini-review-elgato-thunderbolt-drive-512gb-external-ssd/> 

There's also this, but it looks like it comes maxed out at 256GB now:

<http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-Rugged-Thunderbolt-Series-9000352/dp/B00A4BEG8M/ref=pd_cp_pc_1> 

It may be possible to get one of those or, perhaps, one of these:

<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Buffalo/HDPA1.0TU3/>

and replace the stock drive with a bigger SSD.  Note that a naked 1TB 
SSD is going to be
over $1000 by itself, so the marginal cost of the enclosure here, even 
when talking about
something like that Buffalo one at $200 (including the stock 1TB HD) is 
relatively the
smaller bit of expense.

Thread

Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-16 15:53 +0000
  Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Ned Mantei <ned.mantei@biol.ethz.ch> - 2013-12-16 17:50 +0100
  Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-12-19 17:55 +0000
    Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-20 07:12 +0000
      Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-19 23:36 -0800
        Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-20 09:24 +0000
          Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-20 10:38 +0100
            Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-20 09:47 +0000
              Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-20 10:58 +0100
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-20 12:24 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-20 13:49 +0100
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-20 12:58 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-12-20 10:04 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-20 21:49 -0500
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-21 13:11 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-12-21 08:45 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-12-21 09:25 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 08:42 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 08:40 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-21 13:10 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-12-21 19:58 -0500
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-21 23:13 -0500
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 08:44 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-22 14:33 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-20 20:23 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-21 14:44 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-22 00:19 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-22 10:07 +0100
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 09:12 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-22 10:28 +0100
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 12:07 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-22 08:11 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 16:50 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-22 14:42 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 23:18 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-22 15:38 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-22 16:44 +0100
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-22 23:28 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-23 16:59 +0100
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 16:48 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-22 19:59 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-22 23:29 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-23 11:04 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-23 15:07 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-23 17:23 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-23 18:44 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-23 18:58 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-23 16:11 -0500
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-26 13:19 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-26 22:35 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-23 20:55 -0500
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-23 20:59 -0500
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-26 13:27 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-22 14:38 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 23:17 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-22 15:46 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-23 11:03 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-23 13:19 -0800
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-26 13:26 +0000
                Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-26 12:17 -0800
      Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-20 09:37 -0700
        Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-21 13:10 +0000
      Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-20 21:47 -0500
        Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-21 14:43 +0000
          Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Wes Groleau <Usenet@Grolea.us> - 2013-12-21 11:54 -0500
            Re: Photos in iPhoto shared between Macs Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-12-22 08:43 +0000

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